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Of these, one has long stood in the centre of the church- 
yard, the others, at the time of my visit in 1838, were 
converted to the base uses of stile and gate posts, on the west 
and south sides of the churchyard. They are now placed 
all together. The first, which is the most perfect, presents 
on its eastern face, the symbols of the Evangelists in oblong 
compartments, human figures in flowing robes, each with the 
head of the animal which is his symbol, surrounded by a 
glory, and holding the book of his gospel. Thus, St. John, 
the uppermost, has the head of an eagle ; St. Luke, the 
next, that of a bull ; St. Mark, that of a lion ; St. Matthew, 
as usual, is a human figure. This treatment of the symbols 
of the Evangelists is peculiar. Instances are known in which 
they are represented in this way ; but they are exceedingly 
rare, and this is the only instance that has occurred 
to me. 
The opposite side presents the figure of our Lord, and 
there seems to have been an inscription above His head ; 
then a device composed of two animals whose lower extremi- 
ties are knotted together, and then another monstrous figure. 
The remaining sides have scrolls, with fruit and leaves. 
The stone in which this cross stands, is still buried in the 
ground. When it is raised, it will probably be found to have 
the memorial inscription engraved upon it. 
The second cross, which is very much defaced on one 
side, and worn on the others, is tolerably perfect for 
about two feet of the lower part, where it has been fixed in the 
ground. It presents first, two men facing each other, then 
two animals with their lower extremities interlaced, then two 
others, and lastly two birds, treated in the same manner as 
on the Walton Cross. The remaining two sides, for the 
fourth is mutilated, have scrolls of designs similar to those 
on the first, with which, indeed, this may have formed one 
monument. 
